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Alternative Aquaculture. What are considered alternative aquaculture crops?. Bullfrogs Crawfish Shrimp Alligators. Problems with raising bullfrogs. Frogs are territorial They only eat food that is alive The are predators. Problems with raising alligators. Government regulations
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What are considered alternative aquaculture crops? • Bullfrogs • Crawfish • Shrimp • Alligators
Problems with raising bullfrogs • Frogs are territorial • They only eat food that is alive • The are predators
Problems with raising alligators • Government regulations • Must obtain a permit • Obtaining proper feed • Carnivores • Can be dangerous
Problems with raising crawfish and shrimp • Territorial • Planktonic stage – issue with filtering • Lots of filtration required • Temperature
Aquaculture Systems • Bullfrogs – artificial ponds • Other types have problems with cannibalism, disease, sanitation, and inadequate nutrition • Alligators – Recirculating system • Concrete, heated pens with pools • Crawfish/shrimp – ponds • Monoculture – Cultivated, wooded, vegetative • Rotational – rice – crawfish – rice; rice – crawfish – soybeans; rice – crawfish – fallow (empty)
